Cigarette extinguisher



July 6, 1954 w. L. HARROUN' 2,682,877

CIGARETTE EXTINQUISHER Filed Oct. 22,1951

William L. Harman INVENTOR.

BY WM 19% Patented July 6, 1954 'UNITEDSTATES rArENT OFFICE William L. Harroun, Ellisburg, N. Y.

I Application October 22, 1951, Serial No. 252,497

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in extinguishers for cigarettes, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a small, compact and easily portable extingu sher which may be used, either alone or in combination with an ashtray, for the purpose of extinguishing or snufiing a lighted cigarette.

An important feature of the invention resides in the provision of means for ejecting a cigarette or a cigarette butt from the extinguisher. Another feature involves the provision of openings for easily and conveniently cleaning the cigarette extinguishing socket.

With the above more important objects and features n view, and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevational View thereof;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view, taken substantially in the plane of the line 3-3 in Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating the invention in use.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention consists of a cigarette extinguisher which is designated generally by the reference character I and embodies in its construction an upwardly elongated circular body l2 which is provided at the bottom thereof with an outturned marginal flange affording a base [4, thelatter having a flat bottom surface I6 so that the entire device may be positioned upon a fiat surface.

The body [2 has an upwardly tapered outer wall and is formed at its center with a downwardly tapered bore 18 which constitutes a socket for the reception of a cigarette 20, the taper of the socket being such that when a lighted cigarette is inserted therein, it is gradually constricted or crushed to extinguish the burning end thereof.

The bottom portion of the body 12 is provided with a pair of diametrically opposite clean-out openings 22 which communicate with the bottom portion of the socket l8, so that any ashes or deposits may be easily removed from the socket after the invention has been in use for some time.

In addition to the foregoing, means are provided for ejecting a cigarette from the socket, comprising a pair of vertical slots 24 which are provided in the body [2 at diametrically opposite sides thereof, and a cross bar 26, extending transversely of the socket and projecting outwardly through the slots and movable vertically in the latter. The outer ends of the cross bar 26 have affixed thereto a pair of finger pieces 28 which may be grasped by the fingers as shown in Figure 4 for the purpose of sliding the bar upwardly in the slot 24 to eject a cigarette from the socket.

It is to be noted that the finger pieces 28 are spaced inwardly from the marginal edge of the base l4 so that they do not project laterally to such an extent that they would catch and damage the material of a pocket or purse in which the invention may be carried.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A cigarette extinguisher comprising an upwardly elongated circular body provided at the bottom thereof with an outturned marginal flange affording a base having a fiat bottom surface, said body having an upwardly tapered outer wall and being provided with a central downwardly tapered bore open at the top thereof and constituting a cigarette receiving socket, the lower end portion of said body being provided with a pair of diametrically opposite clean-out openings communicating with the bottom portion of said socket, said body being provided at diametrically opposite sides thereof with a pair of vertical slots having the lower ends thereof substantially coplanar with upper edges of said openings, a cigarette ejecting cross bar extending transversely of the socket at right angles to said openings and projecting outwardly through said slots, said bar being slidable vertically in the slots to eject a cigarette from the socket, and a pair of finger pieces secured to the outer ends of said cross bar, said finger pieces being spaced inwardly from the marginal edges of said base and spaced outwardly from the outer wall of said body.

(References on following page) References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number D. 63,061

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